Barack Obama is openly supporting his former vice-president, President Joe Biden, when it comes to voting rights. He recently released an op-ed, his first since leaving the White House in 2017, that offered his take on the recent controversy on the continued attempts to disenfranchise Black and brown voters.
Biden said in a speech recently that he’s open to changing Senate filibuster rules to advance voting rights legislation that has stalled, per a CNN report. Both the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Actand the Freedom to Vote Act have yet to be passed, despite support from congresspeople and voting rights activists.
Democrats don’t have the votes to pass either bill unless current filibuster rules are changed to allow for less than 60 votes to end debate on legislation.
